What Is The Best Crappie Bait?

I have been asked many times here lately, "What is the Best Bait" to
catchcrappie?

My answer is if you can not get minnows at the local bait shop, I
recommend minnows in abucket that Berkley has out on the
street called Gulp Alive.

The great part about minnows in a bucket is anyone that has used
Gulp in the past knows once you put it in water, you can not put it back in
thepackage.

Well, with minnows in a bucket you can and it will not affect the
otherlittle fish that are still in the bucket.

Gulp is still Bio-degradable so it will nothurt the fish if they steal the bait and you don't get them. It will digest with
noproblem, and everyone knows minnows are hard to keep between fishingtrips, but not with minnows in a bucket by Berkley.

Keep it out of the direct sunlight and they can last season after
season.

You can load up the freezer as if they were alive, and looking at them, itmay surprise you of how real they do look.

Rigging them up for crappie if fishing a vertical rig I
recommend thatyou put three on a line about 8 to 12 inches apart.

Tie the hooks directto the line and you can
use a small Jig with a minnow on the tip. Hookthe minnow just as if it were a
live minnow by hooking the minnowthrough the lips.

You may use a float or jig it up and down to locatethe depth the crappie are in.

This is one time that if you desire to trollwith the bait, it will be effective.

What Type of Rod / Pole and Line Do I
Use?

I like to use my open face spinning reel on a med. action rod or a jig
pole such as B & M. The lineshould not be over maybe 10 pound test, lighter if you desire.

The only thing I can tell you is do not forget thatBass Hogs also like Gulp Alive Minnows and dangling three minnows in a basshog's face might end up with a big fight on your hands.

No matter which fishyou choose to go after
on your next trip, I promise you by getting out there, you will catch some greattasting fish if you're going for crappie.

Now, if you're going after bass, just stop and think, practice catch and
release by putting back the bass to fight another day. Take a picture and let the taxidermist create a
replica for your wall.

If you follow the direction listed above, you will load the boat up with
thebest tasting fish, crappie.

Do not forget to check with your local Wildlife officeabout the length and amount of fish that you can keep. No sense in pickingup a ticket that will ruin your day on the lake.